Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth

Teratomas are primary germ-cell tumours in the mediastinum. Although they are generally slow-growing and asymptomatic, rapid growth causing life-threatening complications can occur. Sebaceous secretion, insulin production, chorionic gonadotropin secretion and pancreatic enzyme secretion are the pres...

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Autores principales: Fujita, Kohei, Hayashi, Kazuki, Motoishi, Makoto, Sawai, Satoru, Terashima, Tsuyoshi, Mio, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5184837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw093
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author Fujita, Kohei
Hayashi, Kazuki
Motoishi, Makoto
Sawai, Satoru
Terashima, Tsuyoshi
Mio, Tadashi
author_facet Fujita, Kohei
Hayashi, Kazuki
Motoishi, Makoto
Sawai, Satoru
Terashima, Tsuyoshi
Mio, Tadashi
author_sort Fujita, Kohei
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description Teratomas are primary germ-cell tumours in the mediastinum. Although they are generally slow-growing and asymptomatic, rapid growth causing life-threatening complications can occur. Sebaceous secretion, insulin production, chorionic gonadotropin secretion and pancreatic enzyme secretion are the presumptive causes of tumour progression. Only few cases of rapidly growing teratomas have been reported previously. Here, we present a case of a giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum that presented with rapid growth and compare the characteristics of this case with those of previous cases.
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spelling pubmed-51848372016-12-28 Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth Fujita, Kohei Hayashi, Kazuki Motoishi, Makoto Sawai, Satoru Terashima, Tsuyoshi Mio, Tadashi Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Teratomas are primary germ-cell tumours in the mediastinum. Although they are generally slow-growing and asymptomatic, rapid growth causing life-threatening complications can occur. Sebaceous secretion, insulin production, chorionic gonadotropin secretion and pancreatic enzyme secretion are the presumptive causes of tumour progression. Only few cases of rapidly growing teratomas have been reported previously. Here, we present a case of a giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum that presented with rapid growth and compare the characteristics of this case with those of previous cases. Oxford University Press 2016-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5184837/ /pubmed/28031857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw093 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Fujita, Kohei
Hayashi, Kazuki
Motoishi, Makoto
Sawai, Satoru
Terashima, Tsuyoshi
Mio, Tadashi
Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
title Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
title_full Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
title_fullStr Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
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title_short Giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
title_sort giant mature teratoma in the mediastinum presenting with rapid growth
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5184837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw093
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